Hometown: Wellington, Fla. Birthday: 10/26/1984 Sport/Disciplines: Para-Equestrian Paralympic Years: 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024

Rebecca Hart got involved with the Paralympic movement in 1998 at a regional competition in Atlanta, Ga. It was at that competition that Hart decided she wanted to aim for international competition. Hart purchased her first horse and began to train for national and international competition. Over the years, Hart has represented the U.S. at several international events, including five consecutive Paralympic Games. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games led to her best team finish yet, as a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team aboard El Corona Texel.

Following a series of standout accomplishments with Schroeter's Romani, Hart retired the Danish Warmblood mare and teamed up with El Corona Texel in September 2017. They quickly garnered 11 Grade III first-place finishes out of 13 opportunities, which helped them earn a spot on the U.S. Para Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the WEG Tryon 2018.

Hart and El Corona Texel were selected to represent the Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 1 CPEDI3* in Wellington, Fla., in January of 2020. The duo was also named to represent the team at the Tryon CPEDI3* hosted in Tryon, N.C. in October 2020, where they also were crowned the national champions of the 2020 Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship.

In 2022, Hart was a member of the Adequan U.S. Para Dressage Team that traveled to Herning, Denmark for the 2022 FEI Para Dressage World Championships where she helped the team earn bronze with El Corona Texel. The duo also secured an individual bronze in Herning, marking their third fourth championship medal together. 

In 2024, Hart debuted a new horse in her quest to make her fifth straight Paralympic Games, this time aboard Floratina (Flora), a 2008 Hanoverian mare (Fidertanz 2 x Rubin Royal OLD) owned by Chloe Gasiorowski and Rowan O’Reilly.  

Hart and Flora represented the U.S. Para Dressage Team at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, where they swept Grade III competition and brought home a historic medal haul of one team gold medal and two individual gold medals. Hart’s stellar performance throughout the week helped the team bring home gold with a total score of 235.567% and came home with a personal best score of 77.900% in the Individual Championship Test – Grade III and a new personal best of 83.534% in the Grade III FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. 

As a newly minted Paralympic gold medalist, Hart helped the U.S. Para Dressage Team secure their third consecutive victory of the 2025 season at the TerraNova CPEDI3* with longtime partner El Corona Texel. 

Hart and Paralympic mount, Floratina, made their first FEI and international appearance since 2024 at the 2026 Hagen CPEDI3* representing the U.S. Dressage Team on their quest for selection to the 2026 FEI Para Dressage World Championships Aachen. The pair helped the U.S. Para Dressage Team top the podium on a final team total of 446.804, besting ten other international teams.  

Rebecca is the daughter of Sue Dobson and Terry Hart. She has one sister, Katie, and one brother, Jordan. In her free time, Hart enjoys kayaking, sailing, camping and rock climbing, and giving back to the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Foundation by bringing awareness about HSP and working with the children dealing with HSP.